Fires Of Jubilee By Steven B. Oats

Fires of jubilee is a book written by Steven B Oats, a well known writer who has written many books and his style of writing makes his book popular which has earned him many honorable awards. In this well written interesting book, Oats concentrates on the story of a slave who wanted to be free right from childhood. By using Turner as his main character, Oates creates a lot of pity on the predicament of slaves in the hands of their controlling masters. He frequently uses the word "n-gg-r" to stress the contempt under which Nat Tuner labored, or the word "darkie" to indicate how even the best of whites spoke patronizingly of blacks slaves. There are different occasions in the book where Nats’ life takes unfortunate twists. From the death

Oats also explains the level of fear within the white community who were troubled that the rebellious behavior was just the beginning of a greater revolt. This in turn led to implementation of very much stronger, brassy and stricter slave laws in Virginia, which greatly reduced the little freedom that the slaves were allotted to prior to the incidence of August 13, 1831. These intense new laws lasted through the period of slavery. The most shocking events however, was the fact that Nat Turner's rebellion was one of major of several factors which contributed to almost convince Virginia's Governor Floyd to implement an emancipation bill in the state legislature. As much as the state of Virginia was in support of an end to the uncontrolled and daunting presence of slavery, there was an increased chance that such a bill may have passed which would have had great consequences for the individuals who lived in the south, and as a result it would have completely altered the course of American history. Turner and his loyal followers who planned the rebellion did not manage to pull off a large-scale slave war as anticipated, majority of the black slaves stayed loyal to their white masters, and the entire movement lasted for only three short terrifying days. Yet, they came very close to changing history than anyone could have imagined possible. Though many slaves were thought enough to fall into their roles as field hands or servants, Nat Turner was significantly